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Swedish Investigation Reveals 52% of Women Committing Suicide Were on Antidepressants

But in U.S., Legislation May Result In More New Mothers Prescribed these Dangerous Drugs SAINT LOUIS: Due to innovative patient safety legislation in Sweden passed in 2005, expanding the information available in the country’s Medical Drugs Registry, researchers were able … Continue reading

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Watchdog Says Deadly Chemical Restraint of Elderly Must End

US Falling Behind Britain in Addressing this Harmful Practice SAINT LOUIS: With more than 25% of US seniors in the Medicare program being prescribed antipsychotic drugs documented to increase the risk of death, diabetes and weight gain, the mental health … Continue reading

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New Report Confirms Psychiatric Drug Risks Kept Buried by Vested Interests

SAINT LOUIS: After decades of warning the public that vested interests were burying psychiatric drug risks, vehemently denied by the psychiatric/pharmaceutical industries, the mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) says new research published Jan 17 in the … Continue reading

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Toxicology Tests Confirm Two More Shooters Under the Influence of Psychiatric Drugs

 With 53 Dead and 94 Wounded from Recent Drug Induced Murders, Watchdog Demands Investigation SAINT LOUIS: The mental health watchdog group Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) says the federal government must launch a formal investigation into the psychiatric drug/violence … Continue reading

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STATE-OF-THE-ART TOURING EXHIBIT TARGETS PSYCHIATRY AS AN “INDUSTRY OF DEATH”

With public distrust of psychiatry mounting—and government agency warnings about psychiatric drugs at an all-time high—a new exhibit in St. Louis shows that it could get much worse. St. Louis – Denouncing the fact that internationally more than 100,000 patients … Continue reading

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American Psychiatric Association (APA) Under Fire Again For Pharma Ties

Watchdog Releases More Damning Evidence Against APA With Undercover Footage from Psychiatrists’ Offices   SAINT LOUIS: Documents obtained by U.S. News and World Report confirm that the American Psychiatric Association failed to fully disclose the substantial pharmaceutical ties of its … Continue reading

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STATE-OF-THE-ART TOURING EXHIBIT OPENS TO EXPOSE PSYCHIATRY AS AN “INDUSTRY OF DEATH”

With mounting drug regulatory agency warnings, a new exhibit exposes thousands of child deaths from psychiatric drugs in U.S.  WHO:  Join the psychiatric watchdog group Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to open a chillingly informative exhibit, “Psychiatry: An Industry … Continue reading

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Consumers Call for Removal of Fraudulent “Chemical Imbalance” Claims from Drug Advertisements

SAINT LOUIS: In the midst of a national debate over direct-to-consumer advertising, consumers are urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exercise the new authority granted to them with the recent passage of the FDA reform bill. The Prescription … Continue reading

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Psychiatry: Re-defining life’s every problem as a mental disorder

Radio Interview with Dr. Thomas Szasz 13 December 2007 Download the audio file here (with German translation): http://www.dissidentenfunk.de/archiv/s0712/audio/hi/t06.mp3 Text of the program here (English): http://www.dissidentenfunk.de/archiv/s0712/#t19trackinfo The German version of the interview is here: http://www.dissidentenfunk.de/archiv/s0712/t06/print Thomas Szasz: Hello. René Talbot: Hello … Continue reading

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Sexual Exploitation Common Among Mental Health Practitioners

Psychiatric Watchdog Group Offers Assistance to Victims, Urges Filing Report SAINT LOUIS: Psychiatry Professor Carolyn Quadrio of the University of New South Wales presented research at the World Psychiatric Association conference in Melbourne on Dec 1 showing between 7% and … Continue reading

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